Good thing Climategate 2.0 showed (via Phil Jones e-mail) that the 2-degree goal was arbitrary. [QZ.com]
Monckton of Arabia
Lord Monckton goes to Qatar.
Bigger Role for Tamoxifen?
Should breast cancer survivors double the length of time they take tamoxifen for only a potentially small chance of avoiding recurrence? Continue reading Bigger Role for Tamoxifen?
Quinnipiac Poll: Voters Don't Blame Hurricane Sandy on Climate Change
Bill McKibben needs to work harder. Continue reading Quinnipiac Poll: Voters Don't Blame Hurricane Sandy on Climate Change
Sen. Whitehouse Debunks Himself in Hysterical Anti-Denier Speech
“When the scientific research doesn’t work out for the skeptics, they turn to straw man arguments. One straw man is that extreme weather events, such as hurricanes and droughts, aren’t proof of climate change. Let’s be clear. No credible source is arguing that extreme events are proof that our climate is changing.” [Sen. Whitehouse web site]
CFACT: Environmentalist power trips harm poor countries
“The real danger is treaties, laws, regulations and taxes imposed in the name of preventing global-warming catastrophes that exist only in computer models, horror movies and environmentalist press releases. These political schemes will exacerbate and perpetuate poverty, disease, unemployment and economic stagnation. That is neither just nor sustainable.” [Washington Times]
Reduced Air Pollution Means You May Live 4 Months Longer
UN chief: Extreme weather threatens human race
“[Climate change] is an existential challenge for the whole human race – our way of life, our plans for the future.” [Chicago Tribune]
College Pukes: Fossil Fuels = Apartheid
“Mr. Lawrence, the Swarthmore senior, said that many of today’s students found [the 1980s South African divestment campaign] inspirational because it ‘transformed what was seemingly an intractable problem.'” [New York Times]
Rep. McKinley Introduces Bipartisan Resolution Opposing Carbon Tax
“Given our current economic climate, this is the worst time to implement another tax on coal, oil and gas—industries that fuel our economy.” [McKinley Web Site]
So when would be a better time for a junk science-based carbon tax?
Lung Association Poll: Another Attempt to Influence Public Opinion in the Guise of Reporting It
“Of total respondents, 63% were in favor, 30% were opposed. So according to the ALA, the public supports tougher standards by 2 to 1. But since most respondents have probably never heard or thought about the issue until that moment, the results simply confirm what everybody already knows: Most people think air pollution is a bad thing and would prefer to have less of it.” [GlobalWarming.org]
‘Save the Environment…from Susan Rice’
“Ms. Rice ‘holds significant investments in more than a dozen Canadian oil companies and banks that would stand to benefit from expansion of the North American tar sands industry and construction of the proposed $7 billion Keystone XL pipeline.’ (onearth.org, Nov. 28, 2012).” [Canada Free Press]